Fountain-pen cap and barrel.



PATBNTBD Novi; 217,".19'06.

PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

J. N. WHITEHOUSE. FOUNTAIN PEN GAP AND BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.16. 1906.

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No. 836,905. PATENTED Nov. 27, 1906.

J. N. WHITEHOUSE.

FOUNTAIN PEN GAP AND BARREL.

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JOHN N. WHITEH'OUSE, yrOF NEW YORK, N. Y., v`ASSIGrNOR ."IO

MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A `(IORIORAITON or NEW YORK. f

FOUNTAIN-PEN CAP AND BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 1906.

Application led January 16, 1906. Serial No. 296,270.

To @ZZ whom .it may oon/cern.'

`Be it known that I, JOHN N. WH-rrEHoUsE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Pen Caps and Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the tubesfused for fountain-pen caps and barrels or allied purposes and comprises the novel features of improvement and details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

Fountain-pen caps and barrels constructed in accordance with my present invention are more durable than the common rubber caps and barrels now infcommon use, as the process of vulcanizing renders the rubber brittle land liable to breakage. My improved caps yor barrels are constructed of sheets of celluloid rolled into a tube, as hereinafter set forth, making them more elastic than in the ordinary construction heretofore used.

In forming the fountain-pen caps or barrels in accordance with my'invention I preferably employ sheet-celluloid, then color this sheet and roll it into `the form of a tube, and then-seal one end, so as to be adapted in case of use asa fountain-pen barrel for ycon-taining ink or the like; but instead lof coloring the sheet I may interpose colored sheets `of paper or fabric between the layers forming the tube, such interposed sheets lalso giving a stiffening or strengthening effect lto the tube. I may also attach to the sheet of celluloid at or near one end thereof a picture, legend, or the like, that part of the sheet above the picture, &c., being without color. After having `attached the said picture, legend, &c., to what `would be the under side of the sheet I then roll the same, as stated, starting from the end that does not have attached thereto the picture, &c. After having completed the roll the picture, &c., will be between the two last layers of the celluloid sheet, thus becoming permanently embedded in the wall of the tube and cannot be effaced without destroying the tube. In making the caps or barrels in accordance with my improvements I may cement to the under side of the celluloid sheet before it is rolled into a tube thin sheets of metal or paper in suitable lengths to aid in strengthening the tube, although the label, if

of sufficient size and thickness or of very thin metal, will answer the same purpose.

A more detailed descrip-tion of myinvention will now be set .forth in 'connectionvwi-th the accompanying drawings, formingpart'aof this specification, wherein- Figure 1 illustrates a sheetof transparent celluloid with an advertisement attached thereto, part of the sheet'beingcolored. Fig. 2 vis an enlarged side eleva-tion thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thesheet in the act of being rolled to form a tube. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of my improved fountain-pen ycap or barrel completed. Fig. 5 is a top plan view -ofa sheet of celluloid from which the tube is made, the same .in .this instance having a strengthening-sheet fattached thereto. Fig. 6 is :a side elevation thereof; and Fig. 7 is a perspective-view of a bar-rel of a fountain-pen embodying my ifmprovemen-ts having the cap attached, the barrel being broken away to more clearly show the construction.

Like numerals of reference indicate correspond-ingparts inthe several views.

In constructing my improved cap or barrel for advertising purposes I take a iiat sheet 1 of transparent celluloid -of proper size, Fig. 1. I then attach in any suitablemanner to the under side 1a of the transparent sheet 1 a label or=other display `device 2, containing .an inscription, picture, &c., the same being of any desired configuration and color and -ofY any suitable size, material, or thickness, so `as to aid in stiffening orvstrengthening "theiinished tube. The position of the label2 upon the sheet 1 is arbitrary; but I prefer to place it about where indicated in Fig. 1, the under side 1a of said sheet being used for this purpose, the face of the label being discernible through the transparent sheet. That portion of the sheet nearest to what will be the bore of the tube when completed4 I term the under side.

For some purposes I may employ a translucent shect of celluloid, to which I cement a strengthening-sheet 13, of thin metal or sti paper, (see Fig. 5,) upon which I may place a suitable inscription or the like, in which case transparent celluloid is employed, or I may take a transparent sheet of celluloid to which I cement the strengthening-sheet 13, and a label or the like 14 may be interposed be- IOO . part of the sheet 1 between the end 6 and y tween thestrengthenin -sheet 13 and celluloid sheet 1; but it is o vious that the label 2 may be of such size and material as to fully answer the purpose of and constitute a strengthening or stifening element.

In Fig. 3 a partially-completed tube or cap is indicated by 4, the arrow 5 indicating the direction in which the sheet is rolled to form the tube. It will readily be seen that if the label or display device 2 having its face upward is upon the under side of the sheet 1, as indicated in Fig. 2, and the sheet rolled, as indicated in Fig. 3, the tube when completed, Fig. 4, will have'between the last and next to the last layer thereof the label 2, and consequently the same becomes permanently embedded within the wall of the tube. After having completed the roll or tube body 9 I seal the end 6 of sheet 1 to layer 7, Fig. 3, in any suitable manner, and when the tube-body 9 is completed I seal the end 8 thereof to form the usual spherical head, whereby when lthe tube is to be used as a barrel for a fountain-pen same will be a practicable ink-container.

Referring again to Fig. 1, the line 10 indie cates the approximate extent to which I color the sheet before rolling. In other words, that line 10 indicated by 11 is colored, any desired color or shade being used, the portion 2a above the display-label 2 being left transparent or uncolored. After having completed the tube I may color the bore 12 thereof.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a barrel 15 for a fountain-pen constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being made up of a sheet of celluloid rolled into layers 15a to lform a tube similar to the cap 9, and between the layers a stiffening element or label 133L may be interposed in a manner as above described. It is of course obvious that fountain-pen caps or barrels may be constructed in accordance with my improvements without vthe use of any interposed label.

It will be understood that I may use precolored sheets of celluloid in forming my tubes and that the term celluloid in the foregoing specification and appended claims shall include any equivalent material.

' Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved fountain-pen cap or barrel composed of a plurality of layers or rolls of celluloid forming a tube, one end of the tube being sealed, to form a head, whereby thev tube is adapted for containing liquid.

2. vAn.` improved fountain-pen cap or barrel composed of a plurality of rolls of cellu- 6o point above said label, and the tube being l sealed at one end thereof.

5. An improved fountain-pen cap or barrel composed of a sheet ofcelluloid formed into a plurality of layers to constitute a tube, said sheet being colored for af portion of its length, the top layer of said tube having upon its under side ay display device, said layer being transparent at a point above the same, and being sealedat one end thereof.

6. An improved fountain-pen cap or bare rel composed of a plurality of rolls of celluloid, forming a tube, the rolls being sealed together and the tube headed, and a stiffen'ing element interposed between the layersof sai tube.

7. An improved fountain-pen cap or barrel composed of a plurality of layers of cellu- `loid forming va tube, the layers being sealed together and having therebetween a stiifening element.

8. An improved fountain-pen cap or barrel composed of a sheet of transparent celluloid having upon the under side near one of the ends thereof a display device, said sheet being colored for a portion of its length com- .mencing from the end containing the display device, said sheet being transparent at a point above the display device and being rolled, commencing from the end without color, to form a tube, Vwhereby said display device becomes embedded between the last layer and the layer next thereto, one end of f said tube being closed.

JOI-IN N. VHITEHOUSE. Witnesses:

EDWARD A. JARvIs, HASKEL CORENTHAL.

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